Back to the starting point on drug contract

The massive contract to handle public employee pharmacy benefits is probably going to be rebid. Comptroller Alan Hevesi concluded the $4.9 billion bidding process didn’t comply with procurement laws because Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield (WellChoice) was allowed to change its bid three different times. WellChoice, whose stock was owned by the state at the time of the bidding, won the bid and a protest erupted from the former vendor, Express Scripts and its partner and GHI.
The contractor is suppose to handle prescriptions for 1.1 million people. Hevesi said Wellchoice, now owned by WellPoint, should be allowed to continue doing the job through the end ofÂ 2007 and be eligible to bid again.